As I believe all outstanding specific queries have now been addressed I’m closing comments in this thread. You will see there is a fresh, new moderation issues page, number 5. My hope is that we can avoid Lizzie having to step straight into an enormous shit-pile of mod issues so to provide a venue for more general ideas regarding how the rules etc could be improved, I (with Neil’s input) will be posting a new OP shortly.

Of course, Moderation Issues threads are not closed when "all specific queries have been addressed." They're left open for future moderation issues. Second, Alan closed the thread in the middle of a vigorous, ongoing discussion. Third, closing an old Moderation Issues thread and opening a new one does not make the old moderation issues go away, so it doesn't leave less for Lizzie to deal with. Alan's excuse was bogus.

The real reason? He couldn't erase the evidence of his disgrace, so the next best thing was to close the thread so that people would be less likely to read about it. He even admitted that he was trying to "draw a line", in the following exchange:

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What is wrong with you, Alan? You already disgraced yourself in your handling of the ALurker affair, in which you abused your moderator privileges multiple times.

Now you’re doing it again, closing the old Moderation Issues thread for no valid reason. You’re doing it purely out of self-interest. Shameful.

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keiths: You’re doing it purely out of self-interest

In what way? If you insist, you can carry on here. I’m suggesting that a line is drawn. I’m not surprised you disagree. Disappointed, not surprised.

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You’re doing it purely out of self-interest.

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In what way?

In the most painfully obvious way.

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If you insist, you can carry on here. I’m suggesting that a line is drawn.

Of course you are, because you disgraced and humiliated yourself on the other side of that line. So you’ve tried to sweep all of that away, against TSZ’s interests and for your own benefit.

Just one more item in the long list of Alan's moderation abuses. He's a huge liability to TSZ.

Edited by keiths on Sep. 16 2018,17:49

--------------And the set of natural numbers is also the set that starts at 0 and goes to the largest number. -- Joe G

I once made my email address available on TSZ. That was unwise, albeit occasionally interesting. Over the weekend I was informed (not by Gregory, for the record) that Joshua Swamidass doxxed Gregory at TSZ. That appears to actually be the case.

I wasn't going to say anything, but I still think that keiths is owed an apology by three of the admins there. They immediately jumped on him hard given the slightest pretense of an opportunity. Swamidass' comment, on the other hand, has been up since Saturday with no consequences despite Elizabeth's clear rules against doxxing. The hypocrisy is palpable.

Interestingly, the date of Swamidass' comment is six months to the day since Elizabeth asked for feedback on her admins' behavior. She hasn't returned since. I'm starting to think that TSZ isn't her neglected site -- it's her experiment.